Quote from: Mr. Fox on April 05, 2009, 03:27:06 PM
There is a really fascinating article on scarleteen about this. Apparantly, there isn't actually any permanant vaginal stretching that happens the first time you have sex, and it doesn't have to hurt the first time. However, usually the girl is nervous, and the muscles in her vagina literally reject the object entering. However, usually couples ignore this pain, thinking it has to happen the first time, and just "push on through."
This seems to be true from my personal experiences, although there was quite a bit of pain the first time. Once I told my boyfriend to slow down and let me relax and I did some deep breathing, it went a lot better. The pain was greatly decreased and I stopped clenching. (Clenching pretty much prevented entry... the muscles down there are stronger than you think!) The second time around there had been pretty much no stretch left from the first time, but the breaking the hymen business was over, which was helpful and it would be annoying if I had blood everywhere every time I used my "bonus hole".
I like how the ANAL SEX thread is talking about vaginal sex now.
QuoteA lot of it has to do with acceptance. If you can accept what you have and work with it, things are a lot easier. There's no reason to make yourself feel bad. Instead of thinking about what you don't have, think about all the great things that you do have. It's all about attitude.
This is also how I've been working through a lot of my dysphoria. I wasn't able to do anything with myself for awhile. Then I reassociated my bits with different words closer to male anatomy and learned to work with what I have because ... well I'm a horny jerk even though I haven't started T. I only just recently was able to start using my "bonus hole" (sorry for the lewd term, but that's how I think of it). It took a lot of trust from the other person I'm with. I have a very concrete identity with him and I am quite sure it hasn't changed his perception of me.
I still don't feel comfortable with having that piece of female anatomy, but at this point, I feel like if I was cursed with it, I might as well take advantage of it because I don't have what I want. Also, I'm not always comfortable enough to do things of that nature and I still avoid it during sex when I just don't feel like using it. Just because I've opened up that opportunity doesn't mean that my boyfriend gets access to it all the time. Everyone has the right to take away something they've given sexually. If you try it, and you don't want to do it after that, just be open with your partner about it.
And don't get me wrong, sometimes I still have sickening dysphoria that leads me to be very depressed. I haven't escaped that magically, but I'm trying to enjoy life and my experiences with in it more.
Anyway, you can always PM me if you want to discuss the finer points of how I've gone through either the mental or physical processes in this post. I don't mind helping another confused person out.